# MLB 2021 Playoffs

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** baseball-mlb\
**Created:** [October 5, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930 "2021-10-05T13:47:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2021-playoffs/951930/95 "2021-10-07T05:01:33Z")

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Was thinking today that this series was just wrong; it should have been ATL vs STL. My point being, maybe they could revamp the format. A division winner gets an automatic bid but not necessarily an automatic seed. The seeds should be determined by W-L record. So in my hypothetical scenario, the seeds would be as follows:

1. SF
2. LA
3. MIL
4. ATL/STL

No, not sour grapes - I think SF would beat STL in a best of five, and with little trouble. I actually think it sucks that LA’s season could have ended tonight. I would have had no problem with Atlanta’s season ending tonight.

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